Comment by _s4uu

Yes, I realize this, and my belief is that American needs to decouple with China and bring the total net trade between the two down by 70-80%, leaving rare earths, agriculture, and some manufacturing left in the balance of trade. When two systems are so far off of each other, there cannot be fair agreement between the two. As a result the only three options are containment, playing by communist rules, or walking away. In my mind oppression and state communism are not ethical, and so the only option is to walk away.